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Ive tried looking for technical diagrams of name-brand vaps and could not find any. All I could find that was any help was a "make-your-own" video on youtube that deals with a lightbulb.

In that scenario all they really did was put a thin piece of glass between the heat source and the herb. Is that what a name-brand vap does? provide heat to a herb but not directly? I'm researching to build my own (higher quiality than a lightbulb and a straw) and would really like to do the same process as a name-brand vap.

 

tokinGLX

copy and paste from the silver surfer site


The SSV's ceramic heater is made from Alumina ceramic. Alumina ceramic features the same crystal structure as a sapphire and ruby after the sintering process. The sintering process is when the ceramic is heated to a very high temperature and basically melts, hardens again and becomes harder and stronger than it was before the sintering process. The SSV's heater is made by printing a resistor on a sheet of alumina ceramic. This is then rolled into a rod and sintered into one solid piece. The picture below shows how our heater is made. Other cheaper ceramic heaters are made by putting a nichrome wire in a ceramic tube and capping it with a ceramic putty. Our ceramic heater has the resistor completely encased by the ceramic so no oxidation occurs. This is the reason that we can offer a 3 year warranty.

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Yeah a lightbulb vape is basic conduction, and that type is going to be a lot easier to build than a convection type, which is a far superior design. Here's a fairly simple example of the conduction-glass dome vape with a parts list and instructions. My first vape was the BC Vaporizer, very similar to this one and probably still the all time best seller. It got me hooked on vaporizers, but it doesn't compare to a convection model.

Homemade Vaporizer - Cannabis Culture Forums

Building any vape, as far as copying an existing model, is a lot easier than designing one. And I doubt that any vape maker would be willing to show and explain how it's made. You may be able to produce a decent convection vape for $20-30, but you may have to have a commercial model to take apart and copy, and a mistake or two will run your cost up. If you really want to build your own for the sense of satisfaction then go for it. But if you're just trying to save money, it may be hard to do. You can get a Pure Vaporizer on ebay for $55 delivered, with a 5 year warranty. I owned one and to say it's a great deal would be a huge understatement. Gotvape.com sells the same unit for $150.